Safety plate for gas burners



April 14, 1936. E. J. SONN 2,037,603

SAFETY PLATE FOR GAS BURNER S Filed June 19, 1934 Emanue/ (150m? ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 14, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAFETY PLATE FOR. GAS BURNERS Emanuel J. Sonn, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application June 19, 1934, Serial No. 731,363

1 Claim. (01. 158-113) This invention relates to cooking ranges and My device comprises a substantially flat plate more particularly to the gas burning unit thereof. 8 composed of a series of strips 9 arranged In the types of burners heretofore used a conto conform to the outline of the burner, coverstant danger is incurred by the boiling over of ing an adequate margin thereof. The safety Cooking Vessels by which the liquid thus tte plate 8 is supported horizontally in spaced rela- 5 extinguishes the burner flame. tion to the burner by the brackets I0 or other It is the primary Object of y invention to prosuitable form of support. Brackets Ill, being atvide a simple and economical device which may tached to the bottom of the plate, are provided in be conveniently attached to a burner and which suflicient nmnber to suitably support the safety 10 will inevitably resta l a y ccu e 0f th plate 8 and comprise a pair of diverging prongs 10 above mentioned hazard. II which straddle the respective branches of the It is a further object of my invention to provide burn r, The strips 9 are f a mi i idth a plate r y detachable m h b rn r f but sufiicient to shed any liquid falling on same. Cleaning y Which the jets of the burner are Altho my safety plate will operate on the burnpr ected fr m extin i m n occurring by the ers of the usual type wherein the jets thereof 15 boiling over of a cooking vessel. issue a substantiallly vertical flame, I have pro- The invention will be fully and comprehensively vided an arrangement of these jets whereby the understood from a consideration of the following use of my device will not reduce the efficiency of detailed description when read in connection with the burner but will however afford adequate prothe accompanying drawing which forms part of tection for same. This arrangement is illustrated the application, with the understanding, however, clearly in Fig. 3 and comprises the arrangement that the improvement is capable of extended apof the jets of the burner in rows, the jets being plication and is not confined to the exact showat angles to each other to issue diverging flames ing of the drawing nor to the precise construction which will impinge upon the longitudinal edges 5 described and, therefore, such changes and modiof the safety plate and which will project beyond fications may be made therein as do not affect the same to contact with the bottom of the cooking spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope vessel. thereof as expressed in the appended claim. What is claimed as new is:

In the drawing: The combination with a gas burner having a Fig. 1 is a plan view of the usual form of plurality of radially arranged arms and each 30 burner with the safety plate of my invention arm having a series of gas outlets, of a safety aflixed thereto. plate comprising a plurality of arms respectively Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of Fig. 1 and disposed directly over and spaced from the gas showing the range grate. outlets, bifurcated supports extending down- Fig. 3 isa sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; wardly from certain of said plate arms and 35 and straddling corresponding arms of the burner, said Fig. 4 is an end elevational view on line 4-4 outlets being obliquely directed outwardly relaof Fig. 1. tive to the sides of the arms of the safety plate Referring to the drawing for a more detailed so that the flames will pass the sides of the 40 description thereof, numeral 5 indicates the usual arms of the plate. form of burner unit comprising a series of branch burners supplied with the fuel gas mixture thru a manifold 6 and the fuel mixer 1.

EMANUEL J. SONN. 

